This
only needs to be done 10-15 minutes at a time and is as easy as letting
a child pick out the book to be read, asking the child to answer
questions while reading the book, using what she says to further the
discussion, and switching the roles of the reader and listener.
Active reading experiences help children develop the skills needed to learn how to read. These include listening comprehension, phonological awareness, an individual’s awareness of the sound structure of a spoken word, oral language, alphabet knowledge, print awareness, written language, and text comprehension.
So before you quietly groan “Ugh” when Sam climbs in your lap on day 7
with Horton Hears a Who, think to yourself what a good reader he will
become!
